Background: A progestogen-only contraceptive is using of Medroxy progesterone acetate, which prevent inhibits ovulation for several months. The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in metabolic parameters after three and six month use of Depot Medroxy progesterone Acetate (DMPA) in female volunteers. Materials and methos: Triglyceride, Cholesterol, HDL-Cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol...

abstract background and objective: t3 resin uptake test indicates the availability of thyroxin binding globulin (tbg), which is the carrier of a large amount of t3 and t4 in blood. we aimed to study the relationship between serum t3 resin uptake and serum lipids profile. material and methods: the participants aged 14.80 ± 38.29 were both males (59 29.5%) and females (141 70.5 %). t3 resin uptak...

BACKGROUND The relationship of cholesterol homeostasis and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is unknown. To address this, we assessed markers of cholesterol homeostasis (serum plant sterols and cholesterol precursor concentrations as surrogate measures of cholesterol absorption and synthesis, respectively) and cIMT in a middle-aged, statin-naive population. METHODS In this prospective stu...